31992R2443

No L 243/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 8 . 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2443/92 of 24 August 1992 fixing die import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Economic Community, a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and cient referred to in the preceding indent ; Portugal, Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 21 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 August 1992 ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas the aforesaid corrective factor affects the entire market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) calculation basis for the levies, including the equivalence No 1738/92 (2), and in particular Article 13 (5) thereof, coefficients ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1820/92 to today's the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the offer prices and quotations known to the Commission common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4), and in particular Article 3 that the levies at present in force should be altered to the thereof, amounts set out in the Annex hereto,

Whereas the import levies on cereals, wheat and rye flour, and wheat groats and meal were fixed by Commission HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation (EEC) No 1 820/92 (*) and subsequent amend­ ing Regulations ; Article 1 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : The import levies to be charged on products listed in — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Article 2 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 August 1992.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 August 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9. 0 OJ No L 185, 4. 7. 1992, p. 1 .

25 . 8 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 243/3

ANNEX

to die Commission Regulation of 24 August 1992 fixing the import levies on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/tonne)

CN code Levy C)

0709 90 60 150,06 (2) (3) 0712 90 19 150,06 00 1001 10 10 173,29 0 on 1001 10 90 173,29 OOH 1001 90 91 143,86 1001 90 99 143,86 (") 1002 00 00 154,84 0 1003 00 10 126,95 1003 00 90 126,95 (") 1004 00 10 110,62 1004 00 90 110,62 1005 10 90 150,06 (2)O 1005 90 00 150,06 (2)O 1007 00 90 154,84 (4) 1008 10 00 54,77 p «) 1008 20 00 104,63 0 1008 30 00 52,60 O 1008 90 10 0 1008 90 90 52,60 1101 00 00 214,36 OH 110210 00 22935 0 1103 11 10 280,96 0 (10) 1103 11 90 231,35 0

(') Where durum wheat originating in Morocco is transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne. (2) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the levies are not applied to products imported directly into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States. (3) Where maize originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is reduced by ECU 1,81 /tonne. ("*) Where millet and sorghum originating in the ACP is imported into the Community the levy is applied in accor­ dance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. (*) Where durum wheat and canary seed produced in Turkey are transported directly from that country to the Community, the levy is reduced by ECU 0,60/tonne. (') The import levy charged on rye produced in Turkey and transported directly from that country to the Commu­ nity is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 180/77 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2622/71 . 0 The levy applicable to rye shall be charged on imports of the product falling within CN code 1008 90 10 (triti­ cale). (*) On importation into Portugal the levy is increased by the amount specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3808/90 . (*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC, except if paragraph 4 of the same Article applies. (I0) An amount equal to the amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1825/91 is to be levied in accordance with Article 101 (4) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. (") Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­ ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.1 certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 585/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation .